This wiki page supports the 5th grade Common Core State Standards Unit Five. This five-week unit allows students to learn about exploration from real and fictional characters experiences. The essential questions is "What do people, both real and imagined, learn from exploring their world?"
CCSS U5 MAP
UbD U5 Layout
Writing- FRACTURED FAIRY TALE LIST
RAFT Template
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD RAFT
CINDERELLA RAFT
Dr. Seuss Symbolism Powerpoint
My Librarian is a Camel Matrix
Postcard Template
Deepening Comprehension with Dr. Seuss
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2010/02/using-symbolism-deepen-comprehension-1
Alice in Wonderland Soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjlK07MduzI&list=PLEEB87C877AEA6488
Surrealism
http://www.yourdictionary.com/surrealism
Surrealist Artwork
http://www.famouspainter.com/galleries/gallery_magritte.htm
http://www.leninimports.com/rene_magritte.html
http://superpunch.blogspot.com/2009/03/if-rene-magritte-salvador-dali-and-cm.html
http://www.nashua.edu/finnertyc/featuredartist.htm
http://www.mykidsart.com.au/Salvador_Dali_Famous_Artists_My_Kids_Art.html
The Original Alice in Wonderland
http://www.online-literature.com/carroll/alice/
The nursery version of Alice in Wonderland
http://www.aliang.net/literature/the_nursery_alice/tna_ch03.html
Pictures for Alice in Wonderland and The Little Prince
http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/tenniel/alice/gallery1.html
http://home.pacific.net.hk/~rebylee/text/prince/contents.html
http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/alice2a.html
http://hugo-sb.wetpaint.com/page/Alice+Illustrations+other+than+Tenniel
http://www.aliceinwonderlandbooks.com/page_355579.html
The Little Prince
http://www.srogers.com/books/little_prince/contents.asp
Symbols
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/symbolism
Metaphors
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/metaphor.html
Songs
http://www.nightheron.com/trees_activityguidethelittleprince.html
Transitional Phrases
http://www.studygs.net/wrtstr6.htm
Poetry Resources
http://www.readworks.org/lessons/grade5/leaf-leaf-autumn-poems%20
http://www.readworks.org/lessons/grade5/leaf-leaf-autumn-poems/lesson-1
http://www.frostfriends.org/tone.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090109003603AARqrEu
http://www.ehow.com/info_7857100_practical-lesson-ideas-teaching-prose.html
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/poetry/elements.html
Mother Goose Poem
http://www.mothergooseclub.com/rhymes_parent.php?id=161
Informational Text Organization
http://betterlesson.com/lesson/24780/characteristics-of-informational-texts
List of Poetry
http://www.leeandlow.com/p/confetti_tg.mhtml
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/against-idleness-and-mischief/
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-star/
http://www.love-poems.me.uk/howitt_the_spider_and_the_fly_funny.htm
Poetry from Alice in Wonderland
http://www.poetry-online.org/carroll_how_doth_the_little_crocodile.htm
http://bootless.net/mouse.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkle,_Twinkle,_Little_Bat
http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1140/
Funny Poetry
http://www.funny-poems.co.uk/kids/animal-poetry/a02-little.asp
Additional Resources
http://www.educationalrap.com/song/figurative-language.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/
Exploration Websites
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ex/Explorers
Exploration Resources
http://shop.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=13073&langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10004
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/printouts/raft-writing-template-30633.html%20
Text Comparison Chart
Biography Information Sheet
Postition Template (I believe because...)- Accompanies read alouds
Read, Write, Think Lessons on POINT OF VIEW
http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/activities-projects/explore-point-view-fairy-30148.html?main-tab=2#tabs
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/wolf-analyzing-point-view-23.html
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/this-story-encouraging-students-1015.html
Why Explore??